An L.I. Park Aide Indicted In Official‐Corruption Case

MINEOLA, L.I., Feb. 10—The Deputy Commissioner of Parks and Recreation for the Town of Hempstead has been indicted on charges of illegally using Park Department personnel for the benefit of the state Republican committee. the District At torney announced today.

Denis E. Dillon, the District Attorney, said that John N. Hansen, the town official, had assigned 16 employees of his department to decorate the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale for the 1974 state Republican Convention.

The 13 — page indictment handed up by a Nassau County grand jury also charges that the supervisors of four town parks had falsely certified town records to conceal the alleged deployment to do the decorating.

Mr. Hansen was specifically charged with conspiracy, falsifying business records and 16 counts of theft of services. The District Attorney's office is also investigating allegations of irregularities at the Coliseum.

Discussing the current case, Mr. Dillon said that on June 10, 1974, Mr. Hansen got in touch with Jules Schulleri, supervisor of Point Lookout Park; Vincent Mallamo, supervisor of Lido Beach Town Park; Armand Clemente, supervisor of Town Park Area C, and Bernard Durham, supervisor of Sands Area D, a town park, and asked them to send employees to decorate the coliseum for the June 12 convention.

Mr. Hansen, 54 years old, is a Republican committeeman from Uniondale.

Also named in the conspiracy count was Sandy Berkowitz, an officer of the B & C Public Relations and Advertising Corporation of Hewiett, L. I., who was in charge of decorating the coliseum. The corporation handles advertising for the coliseum. Peter DeSibio, a partner in B. & C., is the Republican executive leader in Inwood.

The four supervisors; an assistant supervisor, Michael Vignola, and Mrs Berkowitz were named as unindicted coconspirators in the alleged falsifying of the records and theft of services.

The indictment charges that at Mr. Hansen's request the 16 employes were assigned to the coliseum and that the four supervisors, on June 17. 1974, falsely certified Park Department time sheets to reflect that the 16 men were performing their duties on June 10 and 11.

The indictment, the first obtained by Mr. Dillon's office on political‐corruption charges in the year that he has been the District Attorney, followed a three‐month investigation by his official‐corruption bureau.

The period of alleged wrongdoing, according to the indictment, was from or about June 9, through June 17, 1974.

Falsifying business records in the first degree is a class E felony, punishable by up to four years in prison. Theft of services and conspiracy in the third degree are misdemeanors with a maximum penalty of one year.

Mr. Hansen pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in County Court. Judge Henderson W Morrison released the defendant in his own custody for a conference on Feb. 24.

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A version of this archives appears in print on February 11, 1976, on Page 42 of the New York edition with the headline: An L.I. Park Aide Indicted In Official‐Corruption Case. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe